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What is Digital TV?

Digital TV offers a far wider choice of TV viewing with lots of extra channels, and uses digital technology to reduce the interference that you may experience on analogue TV (the five channels you get via your standard TV aerial).

Digital TV also offers other benefits, such as a greater selection of widescreen programming, and on-screen electronic programme guide, interactive services, and in some cases, High Definition and Dolby 5.1 surround sound.

What are the Digital TV options?

The options open to you if you want Digital TV in UK are:

Sky HD only £49

BT Vision starting from £7.34

Cable TV

Virgin Media

Virgin Media packages start from as little as £11 per month and you can get free cable TV with any phone package. Virgin also offer digital TV, broadband, home phone and mobile phone and non-cabled products.

Satellite TV

Sky Digital

Sky Digital have long offered digital TV via satellite. Their award winning Sky+ service is now also available with HD. Services start from at little as £16.50 per month and you get over 72 digital channels and 200 free-to-air channels.

Internet TV

BT Vision

Digital TV service that's free to BT Total Broadband customers. BT Vision offers Free view TV channels, supports live pause of TV shows, and comes with up to 80 hours of recording time.

Freeview

Freeview is a great way to receive Digital TV if you don't have cable services in your area or can't erect a satellite dish. There are no monthly subscription payments and you only pay a one-off fee for the Freeview box.

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